Extensible hame for horse-collars.



PATENTED NOV. 1, '1904.

J. H. WINTEROWD. EXTENS'IBLB HAMB FOR HORSE GOLLARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented November 1, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. WINTEROVVD, OF LEGRAND, IOWA.

EXTENSIBLE HAME FOR HORSE-COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,141, dated November1, 1904.

Application filed January 22, 1903. Serial No. 140,193. [No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. VVINTEROWD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Legrand, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Extensible Hame for Horse-Collars, of whichthe'following is a specification.

My object is to provide improved means for lengthening and shorteninghames to fit on horses and collars of difierent sizes and to prevent thetop ends of the hames from projecting above the collars and horses, sothat the breaking of hames incident to extending above a horses neck andthe rubbing of horses against fixed objects will be avoided.

My invention consists in means for adjustably connecting two overlyingend portions of a hame and covering the connected ends, as hereinafterset forth. pointed outin my claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of a pair ofhames that may be advantageously used on different-sized horses.

and shows the overlying parts of the upper portion of the hame that areslidably connected. Fig. 3 on the line 3/ 1 of Fig. 1 shows theoverlying parts latched together as required to retain them stationarywhen properly adjusted for use on collars of different sizes. Fig. 4 isa transverse sectional view on the line .22 of Fig. 1 and shows theoverlying lower portions of the hame adj ustably connected and a metalcover fitted and fixed thereto. Fig. 5 is a plan sectional view thatshows to what extent the upper and lower portions of the hame mayoverlap each other.

The numeral 10 designates the upper portion, and 12 the lower portion,of a wooden hame adjustably connected. Parts of their inner sideportions are cut away so they can overlap each other and slidelongitudinally relative to each other, as required to lengthen andshorten a hame. A longitudinal slot 13 in the upper part 10 allows abolt 14, having a head 15, to be extended through the slot and fixed inthe part 12 by riveting or in any suitable way, so that the bolt cantraverse the slot when the part 10 is moved up or down on the part 12.The part 12 is also provided with a slot 13 and a bolt 15, passedthrough Fig. 2 is a trans- J verse sectional view on the line as a; ofFig. 1

the slot and fixed in the part 10 to slidably connect the part 10 withthe part 12.

A metal cover 16 is fixed to the upper part 10 and a corresponding cover17 to the part 12 in such a manner that they conceal the ends of theoverlying parts.

The upper end portion of the part 12 is provided with a series ofnotches 18 and the lower portion of the part 10 with a singlecorresponding notch 19 and a spring-latch 20, fixed to the edge of thepart 10, so that a stop 21 on the end of the latch will enter thenotches in the part 12 when they coincide with the notch in the part 10,and thus lock the two parts together, as required for practical use.

Having thus described the purpose, construction, and operation of myinvention, its practical utility will be readily understood by personsfamiliar with harness-hames, and

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In ahame for horse-collars, atop end portion and a lower end portionfitted together in overlying positions at their inner ends, alongitudinal slot in each of the overlying parts, a bolt fixed in eachone of the parts to extend through and traverse the slot in the otherpart, a series of notches in the edge of the one portion, a single notchin the edge of the other portion and a spring-latch fixed to the edge ofthe upper slidable portion of the hame arranged and combined inthemanner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. An extensible hame for horse collars comprising a lower portion andan upper portion fitted together to overlie eachv other at their innerends, each of the overlying parts provided with a longitudinal slot anda bolt fixed in each of the overlying parts to traverse the slot in theother part,a series of notches in the edge of one of the overlying partsand a single notch in the other part, a spring-latch fixed to the edgeof the part that has a single notch and a cover fixed to each of the twoslidably-connected parts to conceal their inner ends, arranged andcombinedto operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

JAMES H. VVINTEROWD.

Witnesses:

S. L. SHARP, O. P. HAYES.

